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From TPESC: Timeline Guidance
This is our suggested timeline for completing STaR Charts and Technology Plans as they relate to E-Rate:
1. Complete Teacher STaR Chart – beginning of school
2. Complete Campus STaR Chart – after 100% of the teachers’ charts are completed but before filing technology plan in e-Plan
3. Complete the Technology Plan in the e-Plan system before filing E-Rate Form 470/RFP
4. Complete E-Rate Form 470/RFP – after STaR Charts are completed, the technology plan is up-to-date and 29 days before the close of the 471 window
•Tech plans must:
• Be ‘created’ before Form 470/RFP submission. Created is also referred to as ‘draft’ or ‘written’.
• Cover all 12 months of the funding year
• Contain all five elements:
1) Goals & Objectives
2) Professional development
3) Needs assessment
4) Budget
5) Evaluation
• Contain a sufficient level of detail to validate the E-Rate request in your Form 470/RFP
Your district’s technology plan will go through a regional peer review process and finally submitted to TEA for approval.
As you can see from the above information, all dates are relative to filing for E-Rate funding. Therefore, your district may set dates to allow for ample time to complete the needs assessment tasks necessary to create your technology plan. | 
